Each chapter is split into two parts, so each recruit gets a chapter to themselves. I have a order planned out for them, everyone's chapter is finished and I will release the next chapter within the next week.

Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men Evolution. I wish I did so that the New Recruits would have gotten more screen time.

Part One

The blond girl listened to the argument that her parents were having. Her mother was trying to convince her father to stop gambling. Her father was saying, as he always did, he would eventually win big and be able to get them everything that they wanted.

The debt collectors had come by again that day. Tabitha was pretty sure that they weren't government collectors since they had concealed weapons. Her family was moving again to try to avoid them. If he would just stop gambling they could get out of debt. Tabitha had finished packing all of her stuff, again. She leaned on the doorframe as her parents stopped arguing for now. Her parents were packing the car with the few items that they had. The sun was down and the streetlights were still burnt out.

"So, what school will I be going to now?" Tabitha asked.

"Who cares?" her father asked.

"The public school wherever we end up moving," her mother said after sending a glare at her husband.

Tabitha nodded as she got into the back seat.

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Tabitha woke up to the sounds of her mother coughing. She pushed herself out of her sleeping bag and went to check on her mother. "Hey, Mom, do you need any medicine? I'll go check the cupboards."

Tabitha found that everything was bare. Her father was nowhere to be found. She went to her small room and pulled up a floor board that she had loosened when they moved in. Under the floorboard was a bag with some money in it. Tabitha checked on her mother, "I'll go get some medicine, mom. Be back in a bit."

Tabitha exited the three-room apartment and headed down the steps. She jumped over the last three steps that were rotted away. She exited the apartment complex after looking around at her surroundings, taking off for the pharmacy.

She bought the medicine and headed back. When she reached the apartment building she found two people talking to her father outside, they were some of his shady friends. Tabitha walked past him as quickly as possible, keeping the medicine hidden. She jumped the bottom three stairs and entered the apartment. Her mother was out of bed and was making breakfast for them. She pushed her blond hair out of her face. Her mother greeted, "Hello, Tabitha."

"Hey, Mom. I can do that for you. Sit down. Here, I got you your medicine," Tabitha said leading her mom to a seat at the table.

"You don't have to worry about me, Dearie," she said before coughing.

"Take your medicine. Dad's with his friends again."

"Oh, them," her mother's brown eyes turned away from her daughter.

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Tabitha looked around the new school that she was going to. It was bigger than her last school. She walked into the main office to get her schedule. The person at the desk just pointed for her to sit down and wait while she was on the phone. Tabitha looked around at the people in the office. Most didn't seem to be doing anything.

She started to study the wall and noticed numerous cracks in it. Tabitha pulled out a nail filer and started to tend to her finger nails. She was about to pull out some nail polish when the person at the desk remembered that there was someone waiting, "What is it that you need?"

Tabitha stood and sauntered over to the desk, "To pick up my schedule."

"Name?" the woman asked bored.

"Tabitha Smith," Tabitha said studying her nails.

"Tabitha Smith, wait a second," the woman said turning her attention to her computer screen. Tabitha heard the printer start up. It sounded like it was about to give up the ghost at any second. The woman handed Tabitha a piece of paper, "Here's your schedule. And here's a note for your teacher."

"Thanks," Tabitha said waltzing out of the office.

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Tabitha sat at the table working on some of her homework when her father came in. He started to rummage around the apartment looking for anything that he could sell. He pulled out the medicine for her mom and was about to leave when Tabitha got between him and the door. Her hands were balled up into fists as she shouted, "Don't you dare take Mom's medicine! Take anything else you want but mom needs that medicine!"

Her father rubbed the back of his head, "Sweetie, your mom understands that I need…"

Tabitha interrupted, "I know what you want that money for! Gambling. And Mom's frustrated with you."

Neither of them noticed that little glowing balls of energy were forming within Tabitha's hands. That is, not until the little balls exploded. Both jumped backwards. As he realized what happened, her father grinned, "Tabby, I think I know a way for you to help to get us out of debt."

He placed down the medicine and placed his hands on her shoulders.

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Tabitha watched as her father cleaned out the electronics store's cash register. The door was blown off of its hinges. Once her father had the money in a bag he started to gather items from the store to sell. Tabitha looked around nervously from the driver's seat. Her ears perked up, hearing sirens, "Daddy, come on!"

Her father ran out of the store and into the car. Tabitha took off. Her father grinned, "Let's get the one on the other side of town. Come on, sweetie, for your mother."

Part Two

Only half of her father's debts were covered by the time that her mother found out about the crime spree. Her father had left the house to go play some poker, when her mother decided to take action. She woke up her daughter as she gathered both of their clothes into a bag, "We need to leave now."

"Hey, mom," Tabitha rubbed at her eyes. "What's up?"

"We're leaving," she said.

"Hmm," Tabitha stood up. "Where's dad?"

"With his friends. We need to leave before your father gets you a criminal record," she said.

Tabitha nodded. She followed her mother out of the house and onto a bus.

It only took them a night to get to the house of her mother's older brother. He greeted them with open arms and quickly closed the door behind them.

"Yo, Uncle Joe," Tabitha greeted. "How have you been?"

"Good. You can make yourself at home," Uncle Joe said. Tabitha headed up the stairs but stopped at the top when the adults went into another room. She crept back down the stairs and listened. Uncle Joe was talking, "I take it that you've finally decided to leave that good for nothing."

"He wasn't that bad, at first," her mother said.

"If you need any help with the divorce, I can help pay for a lawyer," her uncle offered.

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Three days later there was a knock at the door. Tabitha was busy eating her breakfast as her uncle went to get the door. At the door was a man in a wheelchair along with a girl in Goth attire. The man introduced himself to her mother, "Hello, Ms. Smith. I am Charles Xavier. This is one of my students, Rogue."

Tabitha's mother looked confused, "Hello, um, what is it that I can do for you?"

"I'm here to talk to you and your daughter. It has come to my attention that Tabitha has certain gifts," the man said.

Tabitha rolled her eyes, "You're going to have to be way clearer than that, Baldy."

Rogue scowled, "How about this? You can make little bombs that blow things up. Is that better?"

Tabitha smiled, "Much. So what do you want to talk to me about it? And how'd you know?"

Rogue rolled her gray eyes as Xavier explained, "I have a computer, I call it Cerebro, that can be used to detect people like us. We're mutants, each with our own gifts."

And I would like to help teach you how to use yours, Tabitha heard Xavier's voice but didn't see his lips move. She raised an eyebrow as she asked, "And why'd you want to help me learn control?"

"Professor Xavier runs a school to help any mutants learn control. You're not the only one. There are currently six students enrolled," Rogue said.

"Are any of them cute boys?" Tabitha inquired. Tabitha didn't really think that this guy would try to use her powers. It was mainly because this guy didn't give off the same feel as her greedy father and seem to genuinely want to help her out. Though, if he did try anything, she would just leave. Her mom would understand.

"I guess. It is co-ed. Wait, why do you want to know that?" Rogue asked.

"I'm willing to come!" Tabitha shouted.

Rogue twitched, "Just because there are cute boys there?"

"I need some eye candy, don't I? Besides, the guys around here aren't much to look at," Tabitha said rushing upstairs to let her mother work out the details. Rogue rolled her eyes and followed the girl upstairs muttering, "It's not like we're leaving right now."

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Tabitha knew that Xavier was giving her a scholarship to pay for her stay. She also understood the part about how she would have to help out with the chores. But for now, she had to wait until August 30th to move in. Her parents were going through a divorce. Her mother had gotten a lawyer out of her father's league since Xavier asked a lawyer friend of his to help them out. Her mother had already managed to get custody of Tabitha with no visitations allowed by her father. They were now working out the finer details. Tabitha would be lying if she said that she wasn't interested but her head filled with other thoughts for the time being. Like how many of the boys would be cute and what kind of pranks she could pull. Knowing that her mother would have the best outcome meant she could relax and ignore the boring parts.

Author's Note: I found that my line breaks were taken out so I replaced where they are supposed to be with *****Line-Break*****.

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